Benerib's name means "sweet(bene) of heart(ib)".

Benerib was a wife of pharaoh Hor-Aha,[2] but she was not the mother of his heir, Djer.

The mother of king Djer is named as Khenthap, another wife of Hor-Aha.

Benerib is thought to be the wife of Hor-Aha based on ivories found in her tomb at Abydos which show his name.

A fragment of an ivory box with the names of Hor-Aha and Benerib was also found at Abydos and is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.